Isaac Ingalls Stevens, USMA 1839

Born 25 March 1818 at North Andover, MA.  Killed 1 September 1862 in the battle of Chantilly (VA).

Wrote to a friend that the USMA curriculum "is not calculated generally to strengthen and improve the mind as much as a four years' course of study should." [p. 225 of Pappas, To The Point]. Pappas introduces this quote by writing "Some cadets criticized the emphasis on mathematics and science." but I don't see how the quote supports his position.

Graduated first in the USMA class of 1839.

Papers:

Stevens, Isaac Ingalls, 1818-1862, USMA 1839, Papers 1837, MANUSCRIPTS-PERSHING CNTR, SPEC Mss. Description:  2 items. Summary:  Army officer. Cadet letter, 1837 July 3, written to his cousin Charles A. Stevens; biographical information.

Isaac I. Stevens Papers , 1831-1892. A guide to these papers at the University of Washington is available. A picture of him is available on this website. Other archival sources are mentioned here, including the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Genealogy:

His g-grandson Charles Eskridge Saltzman (#7629) is a graduate.

Obituaries:

Dictionary of American Biography

Cullum #986 [From 1990 Register of Graduates]

Bibliography:

Cook, Sherburne F., Jr., "The little Napoleon: The short and turbulent career of Isaac I. Stevens," Columbia 2000-01 14(4): 17-20. ISSN: 0892-3094.

Matter, Robert A. (USMA 1939), "Isaac Ingalls Stevens, first territorial governor," pp. 92-125 in  West Pointers and early Washington : the contributions of U.S. Military Academy graduates to the development of the Washington Territory, from the Oregon Trail to the Civil War, 1834-1862 / edited by John A. Hemphill and Robert C. Cumbow, Seattle, Wash. : West Point Society of Puget Sound, 1992.